The European Parliament has adopted an Urgency Resolution condemning a terrorist attack against a church and calling for increased protection of Christians and other religious minorities in Syria.
The resolution urges action against the rise of violent Islamist extremism and emphasises the urgent need for religious freedom protections.
Earlier this summer a suicide bomber detonated a device at the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, an Eastern Orthodox Church, which left at least 25 dead and over 60 injured.
It was the deadliest anti-Christian attack in Syria in years. The Islamist terrorist group Saraya Ansar al Sunna later claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.
